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U. S. WEATHER FORECAST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CLOUDY WITH FEW SCATTERED SPRINKLES FRIDAY; PARTLY CLOUDY SATURDAY; SLIGHTLY COOLER. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR JMMS 4 r--- 2 l1rt.V...lh-. TACOMA SUSPENSION BRIDGE FALLS The $6,400,000 Narrows bridge, third largest suspension bridge in the world, fell 190 feet into Puget sound after swaying like a hammock in yesterday's gale.

Wreckage is shown hanging stringlike in center Section, which had the long span. (Associated Press wirephoto) BEFORE BIG BRIDGE CRASHED The Tacoma bridge is shown as it swung back and forth before it fell into the sound. It swayed and rolled 35 feet from side to side before the roadbed crumbled. No lives were lost. The bridge was opened last July.

(Associated Press wirephoto) Driver Crawls From Death on High Span (By Associated Prpss) TACOMA, Nov. 7. The new $6,400,000 Tacoma Narrows bridge, the world's third largest suspension span, swayed and cracked in winds of near gale force today and then in sections fell with a terrific roar into Puget sound. No lives were lost, but one automobile and a logging truck plunged into the water along with, big chunks of concrete, guy wires and cables. Only the two 425-feet high steel towers which supported the suspension span withstood the force which reduced the rest of the bridge to ruins.

Leonard Coatsworth, driver of the automobile, abandoned his car 500 yards from one end of the bridge and crawlpd off the crumbling mass on his hands and knees. By a stroke of luck, Capt. Bill Thompson of the tugboat Arab said he and his crew of two barely missed being caught under the falling' mass. The Arab was about 100 yards from the bridge when Captain Thompson noted the sway. He turned about and at a safe distance watched the collapse.

Two other persons were on the bridge besides Coatsworth. Arthur Hagen said he had just driven on the bridgs tfrom the west end when it began to sway. Riding with him wan his partner In a transit concern, Mrs. Rudy Jacox. Hngen said he slammed on the brakes and the two Jumped from ths truck and alternately crawled TWENTY FOUR PAGES i pi ll ai.llmtmj WIIIOTfJ Ml iuP Uli JBir PUGET SOUND and ran to a tower to be helped ashore by workmen.

Mrs. Jacox suffered shock and Hagen was taken to a hospital and treated for bruises and scratches. The coast guard cutter Atalanta reported a piece of the crumpling bridge hit the ship as it passed beneath the structure. Lieut. W.

C. Hogan, officer in charge, said "we saw the roadbed above us twisting and turning and pieces of it had begun to tear and chip off. A small piece hit the deck but did no damage." C. E. Andrew, chief engineer of the bridge, said the collapse probably was due to the fuct that flat, solid girders were used on the sides of the bridge, offering resistance to the wind.

He said originally plans called for open trusses but that plans were changed by another engineer. He said that as far as he knew the bridge, which was fully insured, would be rebuilt. State patrolmen prevented other cars from getting onto the bridge after the danger of the situation was realized. Except during the summer season, heavy traffic on the bridge is confined primarily to (Continued on Page Two) EXPERT TELLS OF SHU'S FBI (Professor F. B.

Farquharson was on the writhing Narrows bridge when its center span collapsed into Puget sound. He had been engaged in laboratory research for several months at the University of Washington in an attempt, to correct the sway of the span. His account of the bridge collapse follows.) By PROF. F. B.

FARQUHARSON (Written for Associated Press) TACOMA, Nov. 7. I was the only person on the Narrows bridge when it collapsed. It wasn't bravery on my part. I didn't believe it would happen, and besides, I was anxious to get a motion picture of the unusual way the bridge was acting for my official records.

When I arrived about 9:45 a.m., the bridge was moving in a normal way, in the familiar rippling motion we were studying and seeking to correct. About half an hour later it started a lateral twisting motion in addition to its vertical waves. It had never done that before. There was considerable noise of stress and strain. As the motion increased in severity, lamp posts were jerked back and forth in a side motion and at least six snapped off while I was on the bridge.

As I was taking my pictures, I noticed one auto stalled in the middle of the span, but was too busy (Continued on. Page Two) fdv San nevtmvqiiio Coun. AND TUB DAFT.T Australia Included in Program For Joint Action When New Moves Held Advisable SINGAPORE OPEN TO U. S. America in Turn Would Provide Britain With Facilities in Its Pacific Strongholds (By United Press) LONDON, Nov.

7. The United States, Great Britain and Australia have agreed in principle on defense cooperation in the Pacific, including the use of bases, it was reported reliably tonight. The agreement in principle, reached after conferences among the three nations, was said 'to be such that an emergency decision might be taken on short notice. Details were not divulged and officials were reticent regarding possible use of the great British base at Singapore by the United States navy. Singapore May Be Available to 0.

S. Some observers here would not be surprised to learn that an understanding had been reached which in certain circumstances would make Singapore and Australia bases and facilities available to the United States fleet. While authentic information and details were lacking, observers wondered whether British warships might enjoy reciprocal advantages at United States bases in the western Pacific. Authoritative sources indicated that the "outline" agreement had not been embodied in any formal document. They assumed that discussion of details would be resumed when the Marquess of Lothian.

British ambassador to the United States, returns to Washington from a trip to this country. Government Silent Upon Developments Government quarters have been reluctant for weeks to give newspaper men any hint of the trend of developments in the matter. Presumably they wished to avoid allowing the conversations to become a "football" in the United States election campaigning. Students of far eastern affairs watched with interest for the effect of the reported developments on Russian-Japanese negotiations. Representative opinion was that those powers would try to devise a pact along lines which Washington would not regard as inimical to the United States.

Russia was taken here to have made it clear through diplomatic channels that she intends to give military and economic support to China, a decision said to be known and welcome in London and Washington. Nevertheless any Soviet-Japanese accord was expected to contain significant provisions ranging from non-aggression clauses to Russian recognition of Manchoukuo and Japanese acknowledgment of Soviet predominance in Outer Mongolia. in U. BRITISH TO COOPERATE FIR PACIFIC British May Bomb Rome Despite Pope fBy Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 7.

The government made it clear today that Britain would "reserve full liberty of action in regard to Home" since Italian fliers now have joined the Germans in bombing attacks on London. This unamplified observation on the status of the Italian capital was made by R. A. Butler, undersecretary for foreign affairs, while signs indicated that the royal air force was urgently preparing to increase not lessen the tempo of its counter-attack during the coming winter. Nothing short of control of German skyways and a complete "bomb blockade" of Nasi heavy industry, said one neutral air observer, is the British winter and spring aim a step to a possible attempt to fight to the decision then with field armies.

The air ministry reported new Ibl baa NAZIS REFUSE SAFE TRIP FOR REFUGEE SIP ORA.NOB WSIT NEWS German Raids On Huge Navy Base Repelled (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 8. (Friday) The nightly axis air raid on London spread flare-guided incendiary and high explosive bombs on the city from dusk last night until past midnight today, then gradually eased off to a prolonged lull broken only by occasional blasting interruptions. Among places hit despite antiaircraft fire from all directions were an ambulance depot, a shelter, a previously-bombed hospital, a block of apartments and a number of private dwellings. A town in the western midlands also was raided.

The all-clear signal finally was given, several hours ahead of "schedule. Other bombing detachments assaulted the Liverpool area, an important center for England's sea traffic. The air ministry officially claimed an unusual success for the daytime defense, reporting that two attacks upon the great naval base of Portsmouth had been intercepted and beaten off, and that a single major thrust at London had been turned back over the Thames estuary short of the capital. Not a single bomb fell during the day in the London area, the ministry added. It declared, too, that Portsmouth had come through without casualties and without damage.

(Bv Associated Press) ATHENS, Nov. 7. Greek forces dug in tonight in their main fortifications near the Ionian sea to fight It out with the Italians, whose grand assault appeared under way. The Italians, launching a massive offensive by land and air, were reported reliably to have established contact with the main Greek lines at some points on this extreme loft of the slanting battlefront after the Greeks made a "slight" retreat to new positions. Neutral observers said, however, the Greeks were firmly entrenched in their well-fortified emplacements blasted from the sides of the rugged mountains and that the Italians would have an extremely difficult time dislodging them.

(The Italians reported their forces had crossed the Kalamas river in northwestern Greece and were attacking the Epirus defenders with mounting fury.) The Greeks disclosed the Italians also had thrown newer and faster bombing and fighting planes into the battle. Heretofore they had used biplanes which neutral air experts regarded as second-line craft. Military experts said the Italians (Continued on Page Two) Boy Kills Mother Who Spanked Him (Bv Associated Press) FORT MYERS, Nov. 7. A coroner's jury recommended formal charges of second degree murder today against an 11-year-old schoolboy who, officers said, admitted shooting his stepmother because she spanked him.

The young prisoner, Cornelius Herbert Vicrliout, did not appear in court, bombing thrusts to the outskirts of Berlin, at vital areas far inside Ger many and along the blackened nazi- held coastline. Industrial plants in Spandau, a Berlin suburb, were heavily at tacked In overnight raids, the ministry said, and a railway junction nort' west of the German capital also was bombed. Other British bombers were de clared to have assaulted a Nazi convoy of eight or nine big motor vessels, each averaging some 4,000 tons, off Den Helder, Holland, and GREEKS MIT FALLING Mi iumJ (Continued on Page 9e a month or. a cnpy Italy Agrees to Give American Vessel Right of Way, but Germany Balks at Plan 1,200 SEEK RETURN HOME Ambassador Kennedy Wants U. S.

Boat to Remove All Those Ready to Quit England (Rv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov.7. Germany's refusal to join Italy in giving assurances of safe conduct made it unlike' ly tonight that an American ship would be sent into the European war zone to bring about 1,200 United States citizens home from the Brit ish isles. The state department announced that Italy "very promptly responded favorably" to a request from the United States for a safe conduct, Germany, however, replied in a note delivered yesterday that it was "not a pottlotf lurnisft. any Sort of assurance of the nature requested, In view of this, officials here In- dicated they could not assume the risks of sending a ship into the com bat area. Airplane Journey Only Remaining Way Thus the only means by which the Americans can reach home is to take a plane to Lisbon, Portugal, and then board a clipper or American ship.

Under the neutrality act, they are forbidden to travel on vessels of belligerents. (Some observers, quoted anonymously in a United Press dispatch, suggested the possibility that American warships would be sent for the refugees, or that a naval convoy would escort a passenger liner into and out of the war zone in cooperation with the British). Kennedy Hopes U. S. Will Send Vessel Joseph P.

Kennedy, ambassador to Great Britain, had called at the state department yesterday and expressed the hope that a vessel would be sent without delay to bring home an estimated 1,200 or 1,300 Americans seeking to return. The variance in the positions taken by the axis partners at tracted interest in diplomatic quar ters here. Although Italian planes are said to be participating in the raids on Great Britain, the favorable Ital ian response was interpreted in some circles as an indication that Italy was more, concerned with military operations in the Mediterranean area. Tho request was made to Ger many and Italy on Oct. 27.

It was (Continued on Page Two) Battleships to Sail for Coast (P-v Associated Press) HONOLULU, Nov. 7. Battleship division No. 2, consisting of the Tennessee, Oklahoma and California, is scheduled to leave tomorrow for San Pedro, for a two weeks' vacation period for the personnel. Cruiser division No.

3 the Concord, Milwaukee and Cincinnati also will sail tomorrow for the mainland. The cruisers Boise and Helena will leave Sunday or Monday. The ships are the third contingent of the fleet to visit the mainland this fa.ll. States Split Again Over Thanksgiving (Rv Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 7.

Two-thirds of the nation will observe Thanksgiving day on Nov. 21, the day to be designated by President Roosevelt. Governors of these 16 states, however, have announced adherence to the traditional date Nov, 28, the last Thursday of the month: Arkansas, Florida, Connecticut, Kansas, Iowa, Nevada, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, North Carolina, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Maine, WITH 161,769 POPULATION Ii EIGHTH IN CALIFORNIA AND WITH 20,157 SQUARE MILES 13 LARGEST IN AREA IN AMERICA. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1940 Mm Willkie Will Answer 'What Shall We Do? (By United Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 7.

Wendell L. Willkie announced tonight, two days after his defeat as the Re publican presidential nominee, that on Monday night he will address the nation over all major networks on the role he believes he and millions of followers should play during President Roosevelt's third term. On radio time donated by the Columbia, National and Mutual networks, Willkie will speak from 7:30 to 8 p.m. (P.S.T.), outlining his personal recommendations. He said he had both a duty and an obligation to advise the millions who voted for him what they should do next, Willkie's step was taken today after a luncheon with Joseph W.

Martin Republican national chairman, John W. Hanes, leader of the Democrats-for-Willkie, Oren Root head of the Associated Willkie clubs, and Samuel F. Pryor Republican eastern campaign manager. They and other Republican leaders made the decision, which Willkie said was prompted by receipt of a "fantastic" volume of mail since his defeat by President Roosevelt. During his campaign Willkie had charged that relection of the president might lead to dictatorship, war and bankruptcy.

He said today that the election has not changed his "basic beliefs." (Bv Associated Press) DETROIT, Nov. 7. Michigan swung back into the Republican column nationally today on the basis of complete unofficial returns from the general election that gave Wendell L. Willkie a lead of 6,056 votes over President Roosevelt. Late returns from rural Wayne and out-state areas, in the contest for Michigan's 19 electoral votes, were sufficient to wipe out the lead the president had held, and put Willkie in front by a narrow mar gin.

Tabulators immediately began a recheck of results, and the errors they uncovered tended further to increase the Willkie advantage. In one county, election officials discovered that results reported as complete actually included a count only of "straight ticket" votes. Early tonight the revised totals showed: Willkie 1,031,860, Roosevelt 1,025,804. Democratic Murray D. Van Wagoner had a margin of votes over Gov.

Luren Dick inson, Republican, and U. S. Senator Arthur H. Vandcnberg, Repub lican, was reelected by 98,000 over Frank Fitzgerald. TOSSED IN (Bv Associated Press) KENTFIELD, Ce.l., Nov.

7. Nineteen college boys were In jail today, eight others had shaved heads and black eyes were a dime a dozen but the football game between Santa Rosa and Marin Junior colleges will be played here tomorrow night, anyhow. Marin J. C. authorities spiked reports the contest would be called off with the announcement it will be played, rain or not.

It also was explained relations between the two schools are cordial and that by mutual agreement this time of the year is open season on goalposts, scoreboards, rivals' wood piles for bonfires and whatnot. The 19 Santa Rosa J. C. students, including two second string football players, were jailed last night on complaint of a taxpayer who charged school property was destroyed. Siam Charges Many Border Violations (Bv United Press) BANGKOK, THAILAND (Siam), Nov.

7. Siamese military quarters said today that further French air force violations of Siamese territory "would mean trouble" after an authorized statement had charged the French with 33 violations of the Thai frontier since April, 1CIMH' IN UP. CMP MORGENTHAU PLAN 10 FACE SENATE FIGHT Senator Byrd of Economy Bloc Favors Higher Taxes, Lower Non-Defense Spending SECRETARY ICKES RESIGNS Roosevelt Returns to Washington And Roaring Welcome, Meets British Purchasing Agent (Bv Press) WASHINGTON, Nov.7. Facing the big question of higher taxes, an increase in the national debt limit and the whole broad subject of defense and assistance to Great Britain, President Roosevelt returned to the capital today, received a roaring welcome from Wash-ingtonians, and engaged in a long series of conferences. He talked with the defense com- British purchasing agent, received a.

of i'natioa-from Secre tary' lckes tendered to give the president a free hand if he wishes to reshape the cabinet and found himself at once facing a fight on the question of the debt limitation. Byrd to Fight Raise Of Over Five Billion Secretary Morgenthau, saying that "we've just begun to rearm," announced that the treasury would request that the statutory restriction upon the size of the debt be raised from $49,000,000,000 to or $65,000,000,000. Senator Byrd, Virginia Democrat, a leader of the economy bloc, said immediately that a raise of more than $5,000,000,000 at this time would be fought. The government, he said, should cut "non-essential, non-defense spending to the absolute min imum and raise taxes. If the occa sion arises later, he said, a further increase in the debt limit can be authorized.

Thousands Jam Plaza To Welcome President Meanwhile, the extent of the president's election sweep was reduced with late returns from Michigan pushing that state across the line and into the Willkie column by some 1,500 votes. All of the state's election districts had reported, and a retabulation of their figures was in progress. Unless Michigan changes again, the result of the election stands: 38 states and 449 electoral votes for the (Continued on Page Two) BLAST KILLS 2 (By United Preas) SCRANTON, Nov. 7. The son and daughter of a Scranton health inspector wore killed tonight when their father's automobile was shattered by an explosion which police said apparently was caused by a bomb.

William Rebhorn, 19, and his sister, Lois, 17, were killed Instantly after they entered the machine parked in front of their home and apparently attempted to start It. Police said, however, that they were uncertain as to what type of bomb-fuse, contact or time might have caused the blast. They said they knew of no reason why the explosive should have been placed in the car of Dr. E. H.

Rebhorn, father of the two victims and city health inspector. Rex Bell Defeated In Political Race (By Associated Press) LAS VEGAS, Nov. 7. Bell, who quit a career as a movie cowboy to become a real one on a rambling ranch near here, lost out in his first attempt to rope a political job. A Republican, Bll trailed the Democratic nominee for Clark county commissioner by a margin.

Bell's wife is Clara lie, one-Ume soreea "it liri," I.